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Many power system operation and planning problems use the DC power flow approximation to address computational challenges from the nonlinearity of the AC power flow equations. The DC power flow simplifies the AC power flow equations to a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-13 Babak Taheri , Daniel K. Molzahn

We propose a hierarchical distributed algorithm to solve optimal power flow (OPF) problems that aim at dispatching controllable distributed energy resources (DERs) for voltage regulation at minimum cost. The proposed algorithm features…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-10 Xinyang Zhou , Zhiyuan Liu , Changhong Zhao , Lijun Chen

Accurately modeling power distribution grids is crucial for designing effective monitoring and decision making algorithms. This paper addresses the partial observability issue of data-driven distribution modeling in order to improve the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-08 Shanny Lin , Hao Zhu

The growing adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is expected to significantly increase demand on electric power distribution systems, many of which are already nearing capacity. To address this, the paper presents a comprehensive framework…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-29 Mohammadreza Iranpour , Mohammad Rasoul Narimani , Xudong Jia

This paper proposes a joint input and state dynamic estimation scheme for power networks in microgrids and active distribution systems with unknown inputs. The conventional dynamic state estimation of power networks in the transmission…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-04 Bang L. H. Nguyen , Tuyen V. Vu , Joseph M. Guerrero , Mischael Steurer , Karl Schoder , Tuan Ngo

In power networks where multiple fuel cell stacks are employed to deliver the required power, optimal sharing of the power demand between different stacks is an important problem. This is because the total current collectively produced by…

\textit{DPLib} is an open-source MATLAB-based benchmark library created to support research and development in distributed and decentralized power system analysis and optimization. Distributed and decentralized methods offer scalability,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-28 Milad Hasanzadeh , Amin Kargarian

Power distribution networks, especially in North America, are often unbalanced but are designed to keep unbalance levels within the limits specified by IEEE, IEC, and NEMA standards. However, rapid integration of unbalanced devices, such as…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-14 Rahul K. Gupta , Daniel K. Molzahn

This note discusses an essentially decentralized interior point method, which is well suited for optimization problems arising in energy networks. Advantages of the proposed method are guaranteed and fast local convergence also for problems…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-07 Alexander Engelmann , Michael Kaupmann , Timm Faulwasser

The proliferation of phasor measurement units (PMUs) into electric power distribution grids presents new opportunities for utility operators to manage distribution systems more effectively. One potential application of PMU measurements is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-27 Michael D. Sankur , Roel Dobbe , Alexandra von Meier , Emma M. Stewart , Daniel B. Arnold

There is a growing need for new optimization methods to facilitate the reliable and cost-effective operation of power systems with intermittent renewable energy resources. In this paper, we formulate the robust AC optimal power flow…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-03 Raphael Louca , Eilyan Bitar

We investigate the distributed DC-Optimal Power Flow (DC-OPF) problem for a dynamic and uncertain environment. The unpredictable supply of renewable resources and varying prices of the electricity market are a few factors responsible for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-10 Sushobhan Chatterjee , Rachel Kalpana Kalaimani

Solving the nonlinear AC optimal power flow (AC OPF) problem remains a major computational bottleneck for real-time grid operations. In this paper, we propose a residual learning paradigm that uses fast DC optimal power flow (DC OPF)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Muhy Eddin Za'ter , Bri-Mathias Hodge , Kyri Baker

Current state-of-the-art generative models map noise to data distributions by matching flows or scores. A key limitation of these models is their inability to readily integrate available partial observations and additional priors. In…

With an increasing high penetration of solar photovoltaic generation in electric power grids, voltage phasors and branch power flows experience more severe fluctuations. In this context, probabilistic power flow (PPF) study aims at…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-03 Kejun Chen , Yu Zhang

The communication network context in actual systems like 5G, cloud and IoT (Internet of Things), presents an ever-increasing number of users, applications, and services that are highly distributed with distinct and heterogeneous…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-02-02 Eliseu Silva Torres , Rafael F. Reale , Leobino N. Sampaio , Joberto S. B. Martins

In recent years, the issue of energy consumption in high performance computing (HPC) systems has attracted a great deal of attention. In response to this, many energy-aware algorithms have been developed in different layers of HPC systems,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-05-13 Nikzad Babaii Rizvandi

As the share of renewables in the grid increases, the operation of power systems becomes more challenging. The present paper proposes a method to formulate and solve chance-constrained optimal power flow while explicitly considering the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-04-04 T. Mühlpfordt , L. Roald , V. Hagenmeyer , T. Faulwasser , S. Misra

This paper develops a power management scheme that jointly optimizes the real power consumption of programmable loads and reactive power outputs of photovoltaic (PV) inverters in distribution networks. The premise is to determine the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-10-20 Mohammadhafez Bazrafshan , Nikolaos Gatsis

The proposed model of this study is a single supply of electrical energy and is used in distribution systems. The objective of this study is to optimize the distribution of active and reactive energy in the supply of sub-distribution or the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-19 Hamid R. Safarpour , Amirhossein Fathi , Kevin M. Hubbard , Emmanuel S. Eneyo